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Charlie Hebdo to Publish One Million Copies of Next Issue

Other Media Companies, Google Fund to Help Cover Cost of Giant Print Run

The French magazine Charlie Hebdo, where gunmen killed at least 12 people on Wednesday, has a long history of causing controversy with its irreverent and satirical material. Niki Blasina reports. Photo: EPA

PARIS—Charlie Hebdo is planning a bumper print run of one million copies for its next edition, in a defiant response to the brutal attack on its offices that killed the top editor and seven staffers and contributors.

“The paper will continue because they didn’t win,” Patrick Pelloux, a medical doctor and columnist for the irreverent French weekly, said in an tearful interview with iTele TV station, referring to the gunmen.